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Rh COGDKAN. OLATON. co. of Glamorgan, South Wales, 4 niilus S. of Card, post town ami railway station. There is no village, but only a few scattered farmhouses. The living is a rect. annexed to the rect.* of Leek with, in the dioc. of l.l.indan", in the patron, of the Marquis of Bute. The church is dedicated to St. !' OOG 1 > KAN, a hund. in the East Shaston div. of the co. of Dorset. It contains the pars, of Hamworthy, Corfc-Mullen, Canford - Magna, Lytokatt-Matraren, Lytchctt-Minster, Sturmimter-Marshall, and Charlton- Marshall, comprising about 32,960 COGDEAN, n liuilt. in the par. of Sturminstcr-Mar- shall, hund. of Cogdc.m, in the to. of Dorset, 2 miles S.W. oi Wimborne Minster. COGKX110K, 01 LOOKXOE, a par. in the hund. of Wymersley, in the co. of Northampton, o miles E. of Northampton. It is situated on the river Nen, which separates this parish from that of Ecton. The 1 borough railway passe* near the village. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 215, in the patron, of G. llurnham, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is in a mixed style of architecture. The Wesleyans and Baptists have chapels. COOGESHALL, UKEAT, a par. and market town in the hund. of Lexden, in the co. of Essex, 15 miles X.K. ot UK huslbrd, and 3 from the Kelvedon station of the (Ireat Eastern railway. It is situated on the river Black water, and was a very ancient place, as proved by the discovery of a Koman villa and other remains. Some antiquaries suppose it to have boon the station Ail Amam, on the Koman road to Colchester, but it is more probable that it was the Canunium of Antoninus, with which its distance from Ca*aromoyu exactly sponds. At the Normal: Survey it was held by Eustace Karl of Boulogne, whose heiress married King Sti j In nee it became a royal manor, and was made part of the demesne of the abbey of the Virgin Mary, found, i hero by Stephen's Queen Maud in 1142. At the Dissolution it was valued at 298 8a., and was given by Henry VIII. to Sir Thomas Seymour, brother of the Duke of Somerset. The bridge of three arches across the canal was built by King Stephen ; and the inhabitants received the grant of a market and annual fair from Henry III. At one time Coggoshall had a largo woollen manufacture, which has now entirely ceased, and the inhabitants ore engaged in the silk- mills and agriculture. The great factory is for silk throwing, and fine velvet is to a small extent manufac- tured. The town, though irregularly laid out, contains good houses, and supports two banks. The old part is situated on low ground along the left bank of the river Blackwatcr, but the more recently built portion is on rising ground. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 260, in the patron, of Charles Du ' Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a spacious building in the later English style,. tower. It contains a handsome painted window in t lie X. c! aisle, and some early brasses, one of 1470. TheW, -1< an-, Independents, Baptists, and Quakers have chapels, and there are National, British, and infant schools. parochial charities produce about 150 per annum. The market is on Thursday. .liKSHALL, LITTLE, a par. in the hund. of Witham, in the co. of Essex, adjoining Gnat Coggos- hall, of which it is generally considered a hamlet. It contains some ruing of the ancient abbey, and a church, built by the monks, now converted into a barn. The charities produce 11 per annum, and most of the inha- bitants are engaged in the neighbouring silk-i, OOGGS, or COGGE8, a par. in the hund. of Wootton, in the co. of Oxford, 1 mile E. of Witney, its post town. It is situated on the river Windmsh. A black priory was founded here, A.D. 1160, as a cell to Fescamp, in Nor- mandy. After the Conquest the manor was held by the Arsics, and passed from them to theGreys.of Kotlierti. Id. In James I.'s time it was possessed by the earls of I > whose sent is now a farmhouse. The living is a pi in the dioc. of Oxford, val. Xill, in the patron, of Eton College. The church, dedicated to St. Man,-, is a small Gothic structure, and contains monuments of Ike IHako family. The tl. ml 1.. i'.i<; ].. i annum. Here is a parochial school, and tin VY.-di -vans have a chapel. rJOGHLANSTOWN.COTLANSTOWN.orTULLT, a par. in the bar. of South Naas, in th of Kildarc, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 2 miles W.X.W more Eustace. It is situated on the river Lit!. the road from Kildare to Castledermot. The living is incorporated with Bullymore, and forms part of the corps of Kildare bishopric ; in i)>e Roman Catholic arrange ment the parish is included in the union ot Kilduro and Rathangan. A house of the Knights Hospitallers cxiitid here, of which some interesting ruins remain. In thM parish lived Geni d, who acted under Jan. Some curious relics were found on removing hi how*. COGRAN, un inland in Lough Enic. in the Ferman 1, 2 miles to the V. o: ((KJSHALL, a tnshp. in the par. of Gnat 1; in the hund. of Bncklow, in the co. of Chester. :; milo N W. of Northwich, its post town. It i.s sittwf^^H the N. bank of the river Weaver. COILANTANGLE, a ford on 1.<.,1, V, nna the co. of Perth, Scotland, 2 miles S.W. of < allaad^H COILSFIELD, a seat of the Karl of K^ co. of Ayr, Scotland, 4 mile* W. ,,| N. of Ayr. It is situated in a pleasant &i't, river Ayr, and is celebrated )iy Hums s the "Ch^M of Montgomery," where his " Highland Mary " IfaH Coilslicld is derived from iring barrow, v^^H was opened in 1837, and desitai.it' d l,y tradition grave of " Auld King Coil," or " Cole." ( i )K I :i 1 1 I.I,, a limit, in the par. of LiU,. rrow, i eo. ot Worcester. 4 miles from Alccster. Herean tiatm of a nunnery, founded in 1260 by Isabella C'oontl^^ Warwick. COKEH, EAST, a par. in the hund. ot i borough, in the co. of Somerset, 2 mil' ^ V. > its post town and railway station, it q numerous specimens of tesselat- 1 ]i.ivement t" li.m been a Roman settlement. The living is a vic. e Uk^H dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. -'!.'. ; i :h, Dean and Chapter of Exeter. St. Michael, is a handsome cruciform struetu: income of Helyar's almshouses is 4(i |" r annum. This village was tie birthplace of Dampicr. navigator, who was born in l'2. Col-. ancient goat of the Hclyar family, wh. < residence, called Sedgehill House, in Wilt*. In th' Civil War William Hclyar raised a bod King Charles I., at his own expense, and v obliged to compound for his lands by a i.- COKER, WEST, a par. in the . joining the above. The living is a rect.* in ; of Bath and Wells, val. JC4.W, in th. Kaven, Ks(|. The church is dedicated : The charities consist of Ruddock's almshouses, endowment of 15 per annum. COLAN, a ]iar. in the hund. of 1'yder, in i' (..rnw.ill. :: miles S.W. ..! St. Columb, its PO^^^ and 4 N. of S 1 The living is a ic.' in the dioc. of ! i lie patron. The church, dedicated to St. ( 'olan, is an o have been built l>y I' rj.il', and i initiiins ln-asses t" and Blewitt families. The tian-i have jilnces of worship. in cte.l with the church. Tl. Sir Richard Vivian, I'.ait. The 1 held on the Wednesday following th, li: M ,v. ('01. 'XILYTON RALKltili hund. of Kast Itildl' i^h, in the C". oi I' S.W. .,( Otteiy St. .Mary, its ]>- twn. and 11 S.E. c Kxet.-r. It is' sitnat, d on the river Otter. Tl. ITI the dioc. of Exeter, val. 401, i< the Dean of Kx, -t- r. The church, d the Baptist, is a largo Gothic building, with tower. = =.